Shazam Now Listening on Apple's Mac

No more grabbing for your phone when you're working on your computer and need to ID a song.

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The app that helps you identify songs at a moment's notice is coming to your Mac.

Shazam this week launched a brand-new app for Mac computers, so you won't need to pull out your phone when you're working on your computer and want to find out the name of a song. The app operates "magically" in the background, listening to music being played around the computer, identifying the songs, and creating a playlist as it goes.

Besides just naming your new favorite jams, the app lets you access lyrics, music videos, and iTunes listings with a single click. You can also easily share your favorite songs on social media right from the app.

"Catch the music and TV playing around you without ever digging a phone out of your pocket," Shazam wrote in a blog post Thursday. "Flip the switch, and sit back in awe as it finds songs you should know about."

Meanwhile, iPhone users will soon be able to more quickly and easily ID music with Shazam as well. Apple's iOS 8, which is slated to arrive this fall, adds Shazam integration, letting Siri identify music around you and offer up the choice to purchase it via iTunes. This means you'll no longer have to go through the trouble of unlocking your phone and opening the Shazam app. You can simply activate Siri, ask something like "what song is this?" and voila.

Angela has been a PCMag reporter since January 2012. Prior to joining the team, she worked as a reporter for SC Magazine, covering everything related to hackers and computer security. Angela has also written for The Northern Valley Suburbanite in New Jersey, The Dominion Post in West Virginia, and the Uniontown-Herald Standard in Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of West Virginia University's Perely Isaac Reed School of Journalism.
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